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Nova over at SparklySuperNova organized a gift exchange called Sewing Surprises. We were assigned a partner, though they weren’t the same person we’d be getting a surprise from, which I thought was interesting.
I surprised Sarah with…well, I’ll let her tell you all about it.
I got a lovely surprise from Laurie at SewExhausted. She sent me yardage of this floral print. I’m thinking a shirt dress. Yes, a shirt dress. I love it and that says something coming from someone who doesn’t do much in the print realm.
She sent me a really cool card which you can see below furthest left, a journal, middle, and she made me a fabric basket. I’ve always wanted one and I just never made one- crazy, I know! It’s just one of those things.
Inside the fabric basket, she also sent me some cool buttons, ribbon, beads and hem facing. I love it all.
This was officially my first swap. I can see why people get hooked on these. They are so fun. It’s nice getting a surprise box from someone you know from Twitter and the blogosphere, like I know Laurie.
Thank you to Nova and thank you to Laurie!!
Are you participating in any swaps or do you shy away from swaps altogether? Any swaps I should look out for?
I WANT THAT FABRIC!! I have fabric envy, seriously. If you don’t want it you can totally send it to me.
hehe. we’ll see about that.
I used to do some of the geeky themed swaps over at Craftster.com back in the day, but often ended up disappointed because I inevitably ended up liking the stuff I sent more than what I got in return. I did do this swap though, the first one I’ve done since then, and I wasn’t disappointed at all this time!
I’m glad you weren’t disappointed. I’m so glad. I think I’d do swaps with all of you on twitter, for sure. 🙂
Seriously good stuff there! Wasn’t this fun? Are you not ready to join the Swap cult? Come on, everybody’s doing it!
I’m easy to sway…so SURE!
What a nice box of goodies! The fabric would make a great shirt dress!
I’ve never done the swap thing before – partly because I never hear about them in time and partly because it’s really hard to decide what I’m willing to give up in my own stash. I have tried doing some of the kitchen towel swaps and such with local friends (still through the mail) but it’s too much like a chain letter and never seems to work out.
Yeah, I never hear about them in time, either. Well, we’ll see if we do a twitter swap of some sort. I liked this swap because it wasn’t meant as just sewing/fabric/crafty stuff swap.
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I am so happy you enjoyed your gift- The whole time I was picking the floral I kept remembering you prefer solids and ALMOST took it out! (I loved it and could easily find something to make!) … But I decided to include it anyway. Glad I did and glad you like it! ~Laurie
sometimes I think it’s just that with prints you have soooo many options, I don’t know where to start. Y’know? maybe once I’ve been sewing longer I’ll know what I like. 🙂 Thank you again!
That’s so cool! I haven’t participated in any crafty swaps before. I’ll definitely have to keep an eye out.
Are there any pattern swaps out there? That would seem like a good one to do. There was a pattern swap at the Pattern Review weekend. I brought 4 and took 3. 😉
There’s the Pattern Pyramids out there. I don’t know who’s got it now but Twitter probably knows. I’ll see what I can find out. Have you heard of these? Not quite a swap but kind of still a swap.
Looks like some fun stuff! I love getting surprises like that in the mail, as well.
It was nice to get a care package, period, but so special because it came from someone who I know from Twitter. 🙂
🙂 They used to say “friends come in all shapes and sizes”, now they say “friends come in all forms of technology”.
Awww, yeah!
Yay! I’m so pleased you enjoyed this swap! (It was my first to organise but ill defiantly do one again) I’m just waiting for everyone’s blogs to be posted then i’ll do a link on my page so everyone can see all the goodies =) I’m pleased it went as smooth as it did! But I find the sewing community lovely to work with anyway. I’m loving that floral fabric! x
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